Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-05

Is nOC over OQc-tnlIO the Ieal value. dnu a
the custom here, large number of the new
manufacturing establishments are left out
entirely as matter of encouragement to
new industries So the true value OF the
city property can safely be put at not less
han $50, 100000.
Within the last eleven months / 1868 new
homes have been built, costing from 81 900
to $50, 900 each. There are today stand
ing, all completed, more than 5000 build
ings of all characters, the foundations for
which were not laid twelve months ago.
There are today in process of construction
more than 1000 houses and business
blocks, residences, that will cost as high as
$4,000, and business blocks that will cost
$4,000.
The new Cary hotel, 100 feet front by
100 feet deep, five stories high, besides
basement, costing $3.50, 900, is nearly COM
pleted. You have no hotel buildings in
Cleveland superior to it.
You cannot 60 on any street or in any
direction but you see buildings in process
of construction. The walls Of 5000
opera house are nearly up. The govern
ment is erecting large public building for
postoffice and government uses.
The Episcopal church has started $40,-
900 house of worship. The Baptists and
Presbyterians will soon follow. The Meth
odists have large and costly church.
All denominations are here and at work.
There are eight large brick public school
buildings besides four OF five college build
ing as denominational schools.
The Garfield NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. -
covers an acre and quarter of ground and
will be the finest institution in the state.
Strangers come here, ride over the city and
say, cit is wonderful" and yet this is the
city that the envious and the ignorant call
dead" There is no city in this country,
or any other, of its size, that has the life,
the activity, OF the amount of business
that Wichita has today. The clearing
house reports show this fact. The bust
ness of the city has more than quadrupled
the past year. On the first day of last
month there were 200 freight cars stand
ing upon the sidetracks in the city to he
unloaded. More than 5000 car loads of
freight were received last month-and
this. too, at the season when
the traffic in cattle, hogs and grain
Is small. There are four large wholesale
grocery houses, each doing an immense
business, and only one wholesale dry goods.
There is splendid opening for wholesale
dry goods and notions, wholesale hardware,
and drugs, in fact, for all kinds of whole
sale trade. Wichita is bound to be the
great wholesale distributing point for the
entire great southwestern country, includ
ing the Indian territory, Texas, New Mex
co, Arizona and Colorado. Southern
Kansas" itself is as large as the entire state
If Ohio, and is being rapidly settled.
Towns and villages are springing up all
along the railroads which are being built
with rapidity heretofore unknown. The
climate is healthy and the soil rich and pro-
luctive, growing all kinds of vegetables
md fruit that are grown outside the trop-
cs. "Droughty Kansss" is thing of the
past, and Southern Kansas is the
paradise of the farmer. Corn, how
,ver, is king" and the ease with which
immense crops are raised, together with
he large number of hogs produced in this
'alley, and the nearness to the great cattle
anges of the plains. will make this city the
great packing center Of the southwest, and
hat in very short time. A committee of
he board of trade went out upon the
treet one day last week and raised $780,
100 to offer as bonus to packing estab-
ishment to locate in the city and are now
N their way to Chicago TO negotiate with |
PARTIES. This city now is, and always will |
Ne, the great railroad center Of the south
vest There are now two trunk lines from |
It. Louis here-the Frisco line and the |
Missouri Pacific. The former extends on
northwest into Nebraska and west to the
Pacific, the latter west, southwest, south,
nd southeast to Memphis and Mobile
The Rock Island will soon have through
rains here from Chicago, and so will the
'anta Fe and Missouri Pacific. Then, best
f all for this city and county.
be great Santa Fe, on the
eth Of this month. opened up new route
rom here, down through the Territory to
galveston to run in connection with line
f steamers to New York city. This
rings Wichita four days nearer N.w York
ity than via all rail routes, and gives her
reight rates that enable her to compete
18th ST. Louis and Kansas City, and also
ives this country shorter and more direct
oute to European markets than via Chi
the better way to ship
4 meat products and grain-and yet